# 搤

| 搤 | U+6424, &#25636; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6424 |
| ← 搣 [U+6423] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 搥 → [U+6425] |

## Translingual
### Han character

搤 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金廿 (QTCT), four-corner 5801$_7$, composition ⿰扌益)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12497
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1936, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6424

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 隘 | *qreːɡs |
| 賹 | *qreːɡs |
| 搤 | *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ |
| 縊 | *qleːɡs, *qleɡs |
| 螠 | *qleɡs |
| 謚 | *ɢliɡs, *qleɡ |
| 諡 | *ɢliɡs |
| 蠲 | *kʷliːŋ |
| 溢 | *liɡ |
| 鎰 | *liɡ |
| 齸 | *lig, *qleg |
| 貖 | *qreːɡ |
| 益 | *qleɡ |
| 嗌 | *qleɡ |
| 膉 | *qleɡ |
| 鷁 | *ŋɡleːɡ |
| 艗 | *ŋɡleːɡ |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 搤 – see 扼 (“to grasp; to clutch; to guard; to control; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 扼).

### Etymology 2

Possibly from 揠 (OC *qreːd, “to pull up”).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iah
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah
*** Tâi-lô: iah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /iaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /iaʔ⁵/

#### Verb

搤 (Hokkien)
* to dig (a small hole); to scoop; to gouge; to scrape out (a small thing)
    Synonym: 挖 (wā)
    搤番薯 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― iah han-chî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to dig out sweet potatoes
* to paddle or make a similar movement with hands
    Synonym: 掰 (bāi)
    搤水 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― iah chúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to paddle in the water
* (figurative) to expose; to uncover (something embarrassing or damaging)
    Synonyms: 揭露 (jiēlù), 洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
    共人搤根底 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― kā lâng iah kin-té [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to dig up dirt on somebody
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to pry; to prize
* (Xiamen Hokkien) to convey a big bite of food into one's mouth with chopsticks

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 挖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 挖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 挖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 挖 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 挖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 掘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 挖 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 挖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 挖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 挖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 掘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 掘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 挖 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 挖 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 挖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 掘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 搤, 摀, 挖 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 搤, 挖 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 搤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 摀, 挖 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 搤, 摀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 搤, 摀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 搤 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 掘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 掘 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 挖 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 掘 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 挖 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 掘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 掘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 掘 |

#### Compounds

* 搤底
* 搤空
* 起頭搤兄 / 起头搤兄

#### References

* ↑ “【挖】óo/ué (#372)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “挖”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “Entry #9483”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* seize

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): あく (aku)、せく (seku)、えつ (etsu)、えち (echi)
* Kun: とらえる (toraeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

搤 • (aek) (hangeul 액, revised aek, McCune–Reischauer aek, Yale ayk)
* tie up
* grab, seize
* hold
* obstruct, defend

## Vietnamese
### Han character

搤: Hán Nôm readings: ách
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation